Golden Hind by modeller_masa - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/72 - PLASTIC - Rigging practice

[modeller_masa]

The Airfix Golden Hind 1/72 kit is a 50 years old vintage kit. I bought this kit to practice rigging Galleons. 

 

https://www.hismodel.com/golden-hind-6

This is my reference for rigging practice. I know the rigging plans aren't equal to my kit, so I'm fixing some parts of the plan.

I did basic paintings only. The Golden Hind has no reference, so we don't know exactly what color it was.

 

Skipping hull building is an advantage of the plastic kit.  

 

 

The painting is done. I added belaying pin racks.

I made belaying pins using brass rods and high viscosity (sticky) CA glue.

 

Also, I designed 15 species 310 blocks for Golden Hind.

 

Laser cut
 

And assembly. 😭

 

I'm still modifing many parts. It is not easy to get started on rigging ASAP as I planned... I hope companies like Eduard make detail up parts for specific plastic kits.

Edited November 20, 2023 by modeller_masa

[modeller_masa]

In general, the kit is very friendly to moding. It looks like a simplified version of a wooden model ship. Only a few parts are not good, like the position of the bowsprit.

 

I finished tyhe hull modification. The rigging plans aren't matched with this kit well, and the old plans are very hard to read. I miss AL's manual.

 

It is time to rig shrouds. The blue threads are temporary.

 

I finished ¼ of shrouds.

 

I pulled the shrouds a bit much. The alignments of deadeyes aren't good.

 

See you next time. 😎

[modeller_masa]

The standing rigging section was fun and solid.

 

 

 

 

 

However, the running rigging was pretty difficult. HISmodel's running rigging plan was confusing and inaccurate. The plan includes two different Golden Hinds, so it led me to install duplicated rigging threads to the same place. I don't have enough skill and experience to fix them, so I just added all the riggings. The result was spagetti rigging. 🤣

 

I made sails using Han-ji. (In other words, Korean paper, silkspan, Japanese rice paper, or Chinese paper.) I used an inkjet printer to print them.

 

I used synthetic leather to wrap a wooden tray.

 

 

This was an ambitious project, but the HISmodel rigging plan made my model impractical. In the future, I'll stick to more formal references, such as the AotS book series. 😁

Edited November 20, 2023 by modeller_masa

[modeller_masa]

 

I used my 24mm F3.5 Tilt-Shift lens. The lens makes interesting pictures using perspective and depth-of-field control.

 

I hope you enjoyed my build log. See you next month.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2023 by modeller_masa

[Louie da fly]

You've done a beautiful job with this model. You can be justly proud of your results.

 

Steven

[modeller_masa]

Thank you again for your comments, Steven. I appreciate very much!

Edited November 20, 2023 by modeller_masa

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

An excellent rigging job.  Running rigging lines are not pulling the stays out of position, demonstrating true skill at setting proper line tension.  BRAVO! 😀👍

[modeller_masa]

Thank you for your guidance, Darivs. I didn't expect the result, but I thought the straight standing rigging line is better than the zigzag line.  I'll pay more attention to it next time.

[Baker]

Great work, a very beautiful model.

[Jeff T]

Great job!  Very nice rigging and sails!

[modeller_masa]

Thank you so much, Baker. 

 

Although It's not as good as I expected, I wish to improve next time with your kind comment. Thanks, Jeff.